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Šindarara

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Oct 21, 2020 03:41 PM — History

tags: ANE, Assyrian

A fortress in the vicinity of Til-garimmu fortified by the Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721-705 BC) against Kasku.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/988674927

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.4703799, 37.8807432

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- Uncertain: Proposed location of Šindarara (Sincan) (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Šindarara (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Šindarara makes connections with:

Šindarara located near Ellibir (720 BC - 540 BC)
Šindarara located near Gauraina (720 BC - 540 BC)
Šindarara part of (administrative) Kammanu/Meliddu (kingdom) (720 BC - 540 BC)
Šindarara located near Kasku (region) (720 BC - 540 BC)

Šindarara receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, settlement, fort, tower (deprecated)

References:

See Further:

Bagg, RGTC 7/1 240

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Šindarara is an unlocated fortress in Meliddu. E. Forrer proposes that it should be identified as Sincan, which is ca. 80 km southwest of Sivas.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Šindarara: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/988674927> [accessed: 22 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/988674927 |title=Places: 988674927 (Šindarara) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=December 22, 2024 1:28 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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